The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson Dafeamekpor has expressed displeasure about how the Ghana Center for Democratic Development analyses findings in its Afrobarometer survey. 

Speaking on PM Express Wednesday, the Member of Parliament (MP) said he did not understand how the study summed the “all” and “most” responses to obtain the most corrupt public institution in the country.

“I have a big problem with the structure of analysis. How is it possible that ‘all’ and ‘most’ are the same and put in the same bracket?

 “You know that when you are analyzing opinions, people who say ‘all are corrupt’ will certainly be different from those who say ‘most are corrupt’,” he continued.

An Afrobarometer study published on Tuesday revealed that Ghanaians perceived an increase in corruption level, giving government low marks on fighting graft.

The survey also showed that most Ghanaians perceived at least “some” corruption in key public institutions, including the police, judges and magistrates, MPs, Civil Servants, and tax officials.

Mr Dafeamekpor saw the analysis as a deliberate attempt to taint Parliament.

“You lumped ‘all’ and ‘most’ together to give you a higher percentage with which you are damning the institution I belong to,” he stated.

He, however, noted that the survey is necessary to permit citizens to share their views and prompt policymakers that “they are being watched”.

Afrobarometer is a pan-African, nonpartisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues across Africa.

Seven rounds of surveys were completed in up to 38 countries between 1999 and 2018. The 8^th round surveys are planned in at least 35 countries in 2019/2020. Afrobarometer conducts face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent’s choice with nationally representative samples.

The Afrobarometer team in Ghana, led by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), interviewed 2,400 adult Ghanaians between 16 September and 3 October 2019. A sample of this size yields country-level results with a margin of error of +/-2 percentage. This points to a 95% confidence level. Previous surveys were conducted in Ghana in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, and 2017.